Tag: Sexism in Science
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Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath, a trailblazing scientist, dedicated her career to mapping the ribosome, a critical cellular machine. Despite encountering skepticism and adversity, she pioneered techniques like cryo-bio-crystallography, significantly advancing structural biology. Her groundbreaking work earned her the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009, highlighting the importance of women in scientific discovery.
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Jocelyn Bell Burnell: The Nobel She Didn’t Win, and Says She Didn’t Deserve Picture ninety-six feet of paper. Every single night, another ninety-six feet. That is what a chart recorder spat out at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory outside Cambridge in 1967, and a twenty-four-year-old graduate student named Jocelyn Bell read all of it. By…